Form-pads.



C. MAYER L S. YAPFE.

FORM PADS.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 27, 1910,

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

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CLARENCE MAYER AND SAMUEL YAFFE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS 'IOANATURES RIVAL COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLI-NOIS.

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To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that we, CLARENCE MAYER and SAMUEL YAFFE, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inForm-Pads; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and eXact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to a garment provided with bust pads for fillingout and modifying the bust portions of the human figure.

The object of the invention is to provide an article of apparel in theform of what is generally known as a corset cover having a part coveringthe bust which is provided with pockets adapted to contain pads whichhold the waist in a definite form which simulates the human bust, and toprovide an improved construction of pad which will hold its shapewithout inflation, thereby greatly reducing the cost of such pads.

The invention consists of the matters hereinafter described and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the human ligure witha corset cover provided with our improved pads in position thereon. Fig.2 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of one of the pads. Fig. 3is a partial section through Fig. l on the line 3 3 thereof, shown on aslightly larger scale than that of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a section throughFig. 2 on the line 4 4 thereof on the same scale as that of Fig. 2. Fig.5 is a partial section similar to Fig. t on an enlarged scale.

A indicates the waist or corset cover which may be of any usual orconvenient construction, and is adapted to be worn above the corset. Ithas the usual shoulder straps a, a which hold it in proper position withreference to the shoulders. Said waist is provided near its upper frontmargin with pockets B, B located so as to lie over the bust andconformed to receive the elongated Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tune 27, 1916.

Patented Feb. 2o, 1912. Serial No. 568,979.

pads C which are of a shape and size to give the desired fullness to thebust.

In that embodiment of the invention illustrated herein, each pad Ccomprises a front member C1 and a rear member C2. The front member C1 ispreferably made of a plurality of pieces, in this case three, c c1, c2,which are cut to give said front member the desired rounded appearance.Said pieces are seamed together, as indicated at c3, c3. In the frontmember C1 are formed a plurality of long, narrow pocket-s which arearranged close together and extend generally in a vertical direction. Inthe pocket-s o are located ribs b1 which are made of whale-bone, lightwood or any other suitable elastic material, which is adapted to holdthe pocket in distended form. The rear member C2 is secured at itsmargins to the margins of the front member Cl and is of smaller extentthan the front member. The rear member thus draws the Amargins of thefront member toward each other, as clearly to be seen in Figs. 3 and 4.This draws the ends of the ribs toward each other, so as to maintainthem in bent relation, thereby maintaining the required rounded front ofthe front member C1.

It is apparent that by properly proportioning the sizes and shapes ofthe front and rear members, any desired form may be attained and thatthe rear member will hold the front member in this desired formpermanently. This construction does away with the necessity forinllating the pads, and makes it possible to dispense with the use ofrubber or other inflatable material, .thereby greatly reducing the costof the pads.

The front and rear walls of the pockets B are basted together at theirupper margins as indicated at b2 after the'pads are in place and when itis desired to launder the waist the basting threads may be removed andthe pads taken from the pockets. The parts themselves are made of anysuit-able iieXible material.

We claim as our invention The combination with a waist provided with abust portion having pockets, of pads adapted to be placed in saidpockets embracing e front Wall, stii'ening means proas our invention Weaiflx our signatures in vided in said front Wall, and a rear Wall sethepresence of two Witnesses, this 24th day 10 cured at its margins to themargins of the if June A. D. 1910. front Wall, said rear Wall being ofless eX- CLARENCE MAYER. tent than the front Wall, and being adaptedSAMUEL YAEF E. to maintain said front Wall in the desired Witnesses:form. l JAY E. REEVES, In testimony that We claim the foregoing ELLAGRAHAM.

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